February 5, 2012

10 Great Things To Do In Progreso

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By Nancy Schretter Located on the shores of Mexico’s Gulf coast, Progreso is often found on shorter Western Caribbean itineraries. The port is also used as a substitute stop when hurricanes and mechanical issues necessitate itinerary changes. So, what’s there to do in Progreso? Don’t let the size or appearance of this town fool you [...]

Day-pass resort in Cozumel, Mexico a great deal for cruise passengers

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When sailing into Cozumel, Mexico and looking for fun in the sun, drinks, food, a beach, and all the good stuff, consider a day-ass at the El Cid resort. The location is right off the cruise pier and you can’t miss the towering hotel with the El Cid emblem on the side of it. If [...]

Thanksgiving menu on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship

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What’s a Thanksgiving menu like on a Royal Caribbean sailing? Over Thanksgiving I had the opportunity to sail on Jewel of the Seas and here was the selections: Appetizers: Chill Shrimp Cocktail with spicy sweet Royal cocktail sauce Green Peppercorn Pate Seafood Pot Pie Soups: Roasted Butternut Squash Cream Chicken Consomme Chilled Cherry and Banana [...]

DoubleTree Hotel – Biscayne Bay, Miami

After a two night media cruise aboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s “Norwegian Epic”, we decided to do a post night stay in a hotel along Biscayne Bay in Miami. Our hotel, The DoubleTree Grand Hotel – Biscayne Bay was right on the harbor and what an awesome view to wake up to in the morning, the [...]

Cruise Radio Surpasses 30,000 Weekly Listeners

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When I got into work this morning I almost couldnt believe my eyes.  My travel show (Cruise Radio) month end reports were released and the Cruise Radio listenership is over 31,000 people a week!  To think that a show under a year old is getting more views than a lot local TV/ Radio stations blows my mind. I wish [...]

Hilton Pensacola Beach Gulf Front

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Hilton Pensacola Beach Gulf Front 12 Via de Luna Drive  Pensacola Beach, Florida, United States 32561 Tel: 1-850-916-2999   Fax: 1-850-934-0891 We stayed at this property while taping Cruise Radio and they exceeded our expectations.  The property in centrally located, beach front, walking distance to restaurants and shops, along with nice interior corridors… not to mention Beach Front! Check in [...]

Park and Cruise — Is it really worth it?

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While taking a cruise out of your home port is always a great idea…. it’s not always that easy.  Recently, I caught a cruise out of Miami, Florida so we will use that as our case study.  Living in Jacksonville, Florida it was about a five hour road trip down to Miami.  We left Jacksonville [...]

My Passport Process

This year I will be thirty and I have yet to get a passport, until this week.  With my Cruise Radio show exploding at the seams it will be anytime until I get invited overseas to cover a new ship release or a dry dock visit (I can dream right?) ….so this week I took [...]

Review of Norwegian Sky

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We took a last minute cruise on the NCL ‘Sky’ for a three day Bahamas cruise to tape an episode of Cruise Radio and it was pretty eventful. Since my radio show is independent, I can have an unbiased look at it all. We are both in our 20′s, so of course having fun was [...]

Episode 25 – Carnival Cruise Rate Increase

The Cruise Guy, Stewart Chiron joins us talking about Carnival Cruise Lines rate increase, a new cruise ship to be home-ported in Tampa, Florida and the noro-virus outbreak on the Celebrity Mercury. An avid traveler and an award-winning journalist, Ralph Grizzle joins us with a recent article he wrote called “Extracting More Joy from Your Cruise.” Frequent [...]